GLIRES. THE SQUIRREL TRIBE. 47 



Mus caudd unciali, auriculis vet/ere promimtlis, palmis 

 mbtetradactyliS) corpore fusco.Mus arvalis. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. Gmel. i. p. 134. 



Mus caudd mediocri, auriculis vellere brevioribtts, cor- 

 pore sup a ferrugineo, subtus cinereo.Mus terrestris. 

 Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 37, sp. 7, p. 395. 



Mus arvalis. Meadow Mouse. Turton, i. p. 84. 

 Kerr, p. 238. 



Mus campestris minor. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 176. 



Mus capite grandi. Klein, quad. desp. p. 57. 



Mus agrestis minor. Gesner, p. 733. 



Mus agrestis capite grandly brachyuros. Rail. Syn. 

 quad. p. 218. 



Le Campagnol. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 222, tab. 8, fig. 

 2. Cuv. Tab. Element, p. 137. 



Meadow Mouse. Penn. Quad. ii. p. 205. Shaw's Gen. 

 Zool. ii. p. 81, tab. 136. 



Short-tailed Field-Mouse. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. p. 123. 

 Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 293, tab. 83. 



THE SQUIRREL TRIBE. Front-teeth in each jaw 

 two, the upper ones wedge-shaped, the lower sharp : grinders 

 five on each side above, and four below : collar bones per- 

 fect : hairs of the tail spreading towards each side : whiskers 

 long. SCIURUS. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. gen. 25, i. p. 

 145. 



Toes long, four on the fore, and five on the hind-feet. 

 Claws strong and sharp. W. B. 



31. THE COMMON SQUIRREL. Ears ending in tufts, or 

 pencils of hair ; tail of same colour as the back. Sciurus 

 vulgaris. Linn. 



Length, 



